{"id":22600,"date":"2025-09-08T15:35:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T19:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom2\/2025\/09\/08\/two-new-members-join-the-necc-board-of-trustees\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T13:34:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T17:34:13","slug":"two-new-members-join-the-necc-board-of-trustees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2025\/09\/08\/two-new-members-join-the-necc-board-of-trustees\/","title":{"rendered":"Two New Members Join the NECC Board of Trustees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Haverhill, MA (September 8, 2025) \u2014 The Northern Essex Community College <a href=\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/about\/leadership\/board-of-trustees\/\">Board of Trustees<\/a> welcomed two new members at its September meeting, following Governor Maura Healey\u2019s appointment of Dr. Zandra Kelley and the election of Melissa Horne.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re so excited to welcome Melissa and Zandra as Trustees,\u201d said NECC President Lane A. Glenn. \u201cEach offers a unique background and perspective. I know our NECC community will be well-served by their leadership.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_29396\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/Head-Shot-Zandra-Kelley-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29396\" class=\" wp-image-29396\" src=\"http:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/02\/Head-Shot-Zandra-Kelley-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-29396\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Zandra Kelley<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Kelley served six years as Chief Medical Officer for the Greater Lawrence Family Health Center before being named its new President and CEO in September. She was born in Illinois and earned her undergraduate and medical degrees from the University of Chicago before completing her residency at the Lawrence Family Medicine Residency Program.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy role has given me an amazing experience when it comes to building community connections and relationships,\u201d said Kelley. \u201cNorthern Essex Community College has been an integral part of that personal and professional experience, especially in getting to work alongside so many graduates at the health center.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>An Andover resident, Kelley previously served seven years as Chief of Family Medicine at Lawrence General Hospital. In that role, she was an active member of their Quality Committee, the Medical Executive Committee, and the hospital\u2019s Ethics Committee.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know Zandra will be an asset as we continue to set new standards for the quality of education we offer to our students,\u201d said Glenn.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_29397\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/02\/Headshot-Melissa-Horne.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29397\" class=\" wp-image-29397\" src=\"http:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/02\/Headshot-Melissa-Horne.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"488\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-29397\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Student Trustee Melissa Horne<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Horne, of Haverhill, was elected to serve as the student representative on the Board of Trustees, a role she said, as the mother of six, she is uniquely qualified to fulfill.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis fall will be the second time one of my children and I will be in the same class,\u201d she laughed. \u201cNECC has been such an important part of my and my family\u2019s lives. Two of my children are enrolled alongside me, while a third is participating in the <a href=\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/academics\/early-college\/\">Early College<\/a> program through Whittier Tech.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Horne graduated from Whittier Regional Vocational Technical High School in 1997 and spent time living in New York City before returning to Haverhill. In 2014, she and her husband opened a successful furniture restoration shop, and Horne started to amass a substantial Instagram following. Then in 2024, Horne said she felt compelled to tackle one project that had eluded her for years: getting a college degree. She enrolled as a <a href=\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/academics\/credit-programs\/liberal-arts\/liberal-arts-psychology\/\">psychology<\/a> major that fall semester, utilizing the<a href=\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/admissions\/tuition\/free-community-college-is-here\/massreconnect\/\"> MassReconnect Progra<\/a>m.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNECC has not only allowed me to embrace my potential, but it has also allowed me to further embrace our Haverhill community,\u201d said Horne. \u201cIt\u2019s opened opportunities I could have only ever dreamed, allowing me to better myself and the lives of my family. It\u2019s a place for everybody.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMelissa\u2019s story represents everything I love about NECC,\u201d said Glenn. \u201cShe\u2019s going to be a great addition to our Board of Trustees.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The college\u2019s Board of Trustees includes nine members appointed by the governor to a maximum of two five-year terms, an alumni-elected member who also serves a maximum of 10 years, and a student trustee who serves for two semesters. For more information on the Board of Trustees, visit the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/about\/leadership\/board-of-trustees\/\">webpage<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Haverhill, MA (September 8, 2025) \u2014 The Northern Essex Community College Board of Trustees welcomed two new members at its September meeting, following Governor Maura Healey\u2019s appointment of Dr. Zandra [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":130,"featured_media":33927,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[94,459],"class_list":["post-22600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-releases","tag-board-of-trustees","tag-new-trustees"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Two New Members Join the NECC Board of Trustees - 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